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Army Addressing Vulnerabilities In Artillery, UAS Demonstrated By Russia

Wednesday, May 4th, 2016

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Army Addressing Vulnerabilities In Artillery, UAS Demonstrated By Russia

Lt. Gen H.R. McMaster, Director, Army Capabilities Integration Center and Deputy Commanding General, Futures, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, speaks May 4 at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Photo by Dan Parsons

The Army is rushing to plug holes in its arsenal with technologies it neglected to develop because it didn’t need during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan but will require in a conflict with a peer nation like Russia or China, according to the top officer in charge of future planning.As it has after every war, the Army has shrunk following the end of its major involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. But the cuts the service has endured in recent…

Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]

Army

Army Secretary Says “We Need To Over-Invest in FLRAA To Get It Online As Quickly As Possible”

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel (HAC-D), said on Thursday that the Army’s budget plan beginning in fiscal 2027 has more than $2 billion […]

Congress

Pentagon Fiscal 2027 Budget To Address Cannibalization Of Parts For F-35, Legislator Says

The Pentagon’s upcoming fiscal 2027 budget request will help reduce the cannibalization of parts for the F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin [LMT], the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s […]

Budget

Trump’s $1.15 Trillion Request For DoD Is The ‘New Normal,” HASC Chairman Says

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The Trump administration’s nearly $1.2 trillion baseline defense budget request for fiscal year 2027 will be adopted and will be the foundation for the “new normal” going forward, […]